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* To see the Amazon/HBO/Netflix content that is available, you must have an Amazon/HBO/Netflix account.

The former CEO of ClearPlay, Bill Aho, who spearheaded passage of the Family Movie Act in 2005, has started a coalition to seek legislative protection to ensure the future of the filtering industry. It’s called the Protect Family Rights Coalition and VidAngel is a member. Bill is respected by Congress and all who work with him. We are grateful to have his perspective on the industry and approach to solving problems.

Grassroots Activity

People all over America are joining the cause every day. A great family in Florida has started a group called #SaveFiltering. They have now surpassed 170,000 signatures and are even collecting donations to fuel the cause. VidAngel has started a new page at SaveFiltering.VidAngel.com to let our supporters know of organizations like these and the many other ways they can help.

VidAngel Studios

We’re happy to announce the release of our very first eight comedy specials. These are available for free (for a very limited time so enjoy them this weekend) on the VidAngel app and website. We hope you enjoy these comedy specials and dozens more that will be published very soon (we will have taped 50 specials for season one by April 29th).

This is not an official launch of VidAngel content. We’re giving you an exclusive early look at our new content so you can provide feedback concerning any potential issues with our first titles. You’re welcome to share the specials with friends now, but we will not promote them until we’re sure that everything works properly.

We hope you enjoy this great content while we fight for your filtering rights in court and in Congress.

Why is VidAngel making its own content?

Your filtering data gives VidAngel deep insights into the type of content you’re looking for. We aim to create family-friendly content based on that feedback.

Are you changing your mission?

No. Our primary mission is to ensure families everywhere have the choice to filter content as they wish. We do not envision VidAngel Studios’ content replacing all the great Hollywood content available.

In 2013, when we began work on VidAngel, our plan was to create the best filtering service in the world, attract a large audience of like-minded people, and then build a new family-friendly streaming platform. We knew that people who chose to filter would seek family-friendly content, and that eventually we would become large enough to create some of that content.

That day has arrived, and we are so excited for what the future will bring, including new content and filtering.

Paul Ahlstrom, one of our VidAngel board members, said it best: “VidAngel is making good popular.”

(Provo, UT—January 4, 2016) VidAngel, the market-leading entertainment platform empowering users to filter language, nudity, violence, and other content from movies and TV shows, is engaged in a high-profile legal battle with Disney, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, and Lucasfilm. These Hollywood studios have taken legal action in an effort to eviscerate the 2005 Family Movie Act and prevent VidAngel from lawfully empowering parents and families to filter content on modern devices.

Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied VidAngel’s request for an emergency stay of a preliminary injunction order recently issued against the service by a Los Angeles federal court.

CEO Neal Harmon has issued the following statement:

“Congress passed the Family Movie Act in 2005 because Hollywood had sued every company that offered content filtering for private, in-home viewing. Today, a small group of Hollywood studios, led by Disney, is using the legal process to try to render that law meaningless.

“We are asking our supporters to call their members of Congress and urge them to update to the Family Movie Act with new language that cannot be misconstrued in court, making it even clearer that filtering is absolutely legal in the streaming age.

“We are disappointed by today’s decision, but remain optimistic about our long-term prospects on appeal. Until our appeal is decided, we regret that VidAngel will not be able to offer filtered content. We continue to be grateful for the massive outpouring of support from across the country.”

VidAngel also encourages its supporters to go this page started by a Florida family in support of services such as ours: SaveFiltering.com

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About VidAngel

VidAngel is the market-leading entertainment platform empowering users to filter language, nudity, violence, and other content from movies and TV shows. VidAngel’s success has been well documented, earning a #1 BestCompany.com user rating and making VidAngel one of the fastest growing entertainment companies in the U.S.

45 Years
A Christmas Kiss
A Christmas Star
A Merry Friggin’ Christmas
A Most Violent Year (2015)
A Princess for Christmas
Agent Cody Banks
All is Bright
Anaconda
Ashes and Diamonds
Bachelorette
Barbie in Princess Power
Barbie Mariposa and The Fairy Princess
Barbie: A Perfect Christmas
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Black Beauty (1994)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Boy and the World (O Menino e o Mundo) (2015)
Breathe (2015)
Christmas Eve
Coherence
Congo
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Down Periscope
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Fathers and Daughters
Frank (2014)
Gloria (2014)
Hands of Stone
Horns
Hush
In a World
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Jack Frost (1998)
Knight of Cups
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2015)
La Battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers) (1967)
La Vie en Rose
Laura (1944)
Let the Right One In(2008)
Letters to God
Letters to Santa: A Muppets Christmas
Man on Wire (2008)
Melancholia
Mickey’s Christmas Carol
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas
Mixed Nuts
Monster’s Ball
Noel
Ong Bak
Paris, je t’aime
Playtime (1967)
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
Rebecca (1940)
Rock the Kasbah
Rope (1948)
Santa Claus: The Movie
Sing Street
Sunshine Cleaning
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Swiss Army Man
Synchronicity (2015)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups) (1959)
The Best Man Holiday
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Brave Little Toaster
The Cat Returns
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
The Family Fang
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Immigrant
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Ref
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rum Diary
The Secret of Kells
The Seventh Seal
This Christmas
Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) (1953)
Traitor
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
We’re Back!
Wuthering Heights (2009)
[We’ll add more than three times this many movies in December, but these are the ones we are definitely adding!]

Accepted
Airheads
American Graffiti
Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales
Chasing Liberty
Clerks
Cop and a Half
Crimewave
Doc Hollywood
Doctor Strange (2007)
Doom
Dragnet (1987)
Dreamgirls
Duck Tales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Empire Records
Envy
Every Which Way But Loose
Fantasia
Fantasia 2000
Fear and Desire
Final Fantasy: Advent Children
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Fly Away Home
Gambit
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Hang’Em High
High Plains Drifter
House Bunny
Krull
Kull the Conqueror
Last Action Hero
Mallrats
Matinee
My Life in Ruins
Nick and Norah’s infinite Playlist
Nick of Time
Operation Dumbo Drop
Planes
Quarantine
Red Dawn (1984)
Rio Grande
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Sgt. Bilko
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Smokin’ Aces
South Park, Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Spanglish
Strangers on a Train
Terms of Endearment
The 6th Day
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
The Beastmaster
The Blue Lagoon
The Brothers Grimm
The Cannonball Run
The Conversation (1974)
The Fly (1986)
The Great Mouse Detective
The Host (2013)
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
The Killing (1956)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The Legend of Drunken Master
The Man Who Wasn’t There
The Man with One Red Shoe
The Miracle Worker (1962)
The Remains of the Day
The Rundown
The Secret of NIMH
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
The Tuxedo
Thumbellina
Titan AE
Twilight Zone: The Movie
UHF
Veggietales: The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything
Volcano
White Men Can’t Jump
Wonder Woman (2009)
Year One
Yellow Submarine

[We’ll add more than twice this many movies in November, but these are the ones we are definitely adding!]

These are new releases that come out in October, but didn’t do as well in theaters. Let us know which movies you want added by clicking on the movie’s image below and then clicking the blue “Request Now” button on the VidAngel page. 🙂

A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Air Bud
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Antz
Astro Boy
Barbie as Rapunzel
Because of Winn-Dixie
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
Brüno
Child’s Play
Cider House Rules
Critters
Cube
Curious George
Death Becomes Her
Die Another Day
Dr. Dolittle (1967)
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Dr. Dolittle 2
Dr. Zhivago
Drop Dead Fred
Enemy Mine
Ernest Scared Stupid
Fatal Attraction
Final Destination 5
From Dusk Til Dawn
Funny Face
Ghost in the Shell
Hannibal Rising
High Noon
Hot Shots!
It Could Happen to You
Jackass: The Movie
Jungle 2 Jungle
Just Married
K-19: The Widowmaker
King Kong (1976)
Live and Let Die
Logan’s Run
Man on the Moon
Marathon Man
MASH
McLintock!
Medicine Man
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mission to Mars
Moonraker
Natural Born Killers
Nine to Five
One False Move
Open Season
Paprika
Rent
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Silent Hill
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Stand and Deliver
Stephen King’s IT
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
The Bad News Bears (1977)
The Black Cauldron
The Bridges of Madison County
The Crucible (1996)
The Dark Crystal
The Dirty Dozen
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The First Wives Club
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
The Haunted Mansion
The Hours
The Last Unicorn
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Odd Couple (1968)
The Pagemaster
The Producers (2005)
The Rescuers
The Rescuers Down Under
The Scorpion King
The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet)
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
The Skulls
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Tale of Despereaux
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2003)
The Transformers Movie (1986)
Time Bandits
Timeline
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Troll 2
Watership Down
Wayne’s World 2
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Winnie the Pooh
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[We’ll add more than twice this many movies in October, but these are the ones we are definitely adding!]

American Outlaws
An American Tail: Fivel Goes West
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Beaches
Beau Brummell (1954)
Bloodsport
Bowfinger
Bull Durham
Charlotte’s Web
Chasing Mavericks
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Daddy Day Care
David and Bathsheba
Donnie Brasco
Enough
Entrapment
Event Horizon
Evil Dead II
Executive Decision
First Knight
Flash Gordon
Fools Rush In
Free Birds
From Here to Eternity
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Getaway
Ghost Rider
Goodnight Mommy (2015)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Happy Feet
Harold and Maude
Home Again
In the Line of Fire
Jack and Jill
Joe Versus the Volcano
Justice League vs Teen Titans
Justice League: The New Frontier
King Kong
Knock Knock
Laws of Attraction
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Monster House
Niagara
One Fine Day
Only Lovers Left Alive
Rebel Without a Cause
Rookie of the Year
Shining Through
Sideways
Snakes on a Plane
Some Like It Hot
Speed Racer
Spy Kids (2001)
Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
Step Up 3
Step Up: Revolution
Surrogates
The American President
The Artist
The Back-Up Plan
The Graduate
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Losers
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Meaning of Life
The Misfits
The Pink Panther (1964)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Return of the Pink Panther
The Time Machine (2002)
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Three Men and a Baby
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Van Helsing
What’s Your Number
Where the Wild Things Are
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Win a Date With Tad Hamilton
You’re Next